Combination corset and brassiere



April 21 1925.

' M. HERNANDEZ COMBINATION consm' AND BRASSIERE Filed March 5, 1924 IN VEN TOR 1 W TNES ES MHZ. HERNANDEZ.

ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

UNITED STATES MAE HERNANDEZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION CORSET ANDgBItASSIERE.

Application filed March 5, 1924. Serial No. 69?,080.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MAE IIERNANDEZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Combination Corset and Brassiere, of which the fOllOWiIig is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a combination corset and brassiere, an object of the invention being to providev a wrap around garment of this type which will be comfortable to the wearer, which is joined at the side of the body and which gives smooth and straight lines to the figure throughout without discomfort to the wearer.

A further object is to provide a garment of this character in which the brassierc portion has its line of juncture at the side of the body directly under the arm, which line of juncture extends to the waistline of the garment and then forwardly where it joins with the meeting line of the corset portion, said last-mentioned meeting line being at one side but slightly forward or to the front. In other words, the meeting line of the garment is somewhat stepped so that the straight meeting line of the brassiere is directly under the arm but out of alignment with the meeting line of the ends of the corset portion, although, of course, the device is a single garment which functions both as a brassiere and a corset.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of garment having an improved arrangement of elastic inserts and stays to give the desired lines to the figure and support the figure.

IVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which Will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view, illustrating my improved combination corset and brassiere flattened out;

Figure 2 is a view showing the garment en the body, the View being taken from the side of the body to indicate clearly the line of juncture of the garment after it is wrapped around the body.

1 represents my improved garment, the upper portion of which constitutes a bras siere and the lower portion a corset, and, for convenience of description, I have given the upper portion of the garment the reference character A to indicate a brassiere and the lower portion the reference character B to indicate the corset; and the brassiere A is provided at one end with an extension 2 projecting appreciably beyond the edge of the corset portion B, and at the other end of the garment the corset portion B is formed with an extension 3 which projects appreciably beyond the end of the brassiere. This construction gives to the ends of the garment a stepped formation.

Hooks 4 are provided at one edge of the two portions of the garment and cooperating eyes 5 at the other edge to permit the proper fastening of the garment around the body, and shoulder straps 6 are located at the upper end of the garment to pass over the shoulders of the wearer, as indicated in Figure 2. Relatively long elastic gussets T are provided in the garment and are located when in use at the sides and slightly at the rear of the figure. A small, preferably triangular, gusset located at the lower edge of the front portion of the garment. Suitable stays 9 are secured within the garment at the front and at the rear so as to give the necessary support for the figure.

My invention resides more particularly in the manner or rather the shape of the meeting ends of the garment which results in bringing the line of juncture of the brassiere portion A directly under the arm at one side of the figure, this meeting line ex tending to the waistline of the figure and then forwardly to a point where it joins with the meeting line of the corset portion of the garment. This line of juncture of the garment is illustrated most clearly in Figure 2. Such an arrangement gives to the garment a smooth front and rear with no connecting devices Where they will be uncomfortable and where they may disfigure the garment or the clothing worn thereon. Furthermore, this construction and arrange ment is convenient to the wearer in connecting or disconnecting hooks and eyes, and it lends itself to modification or alteration to give to the garment the desired figure.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations :as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

A wrap around combination corset and brassiere embodied in a one piece garment, the brassiiere being inextensible, and the line of juncture of the meeting ends thereof being at the axillary line and out of alinement with the meeting ends of the corset portion, said line of'juncture extending from the top edge along'the side edge to'the tion, and pendent stocking supporters attached to said inelastic corset portion ad acent the opposite side edges of the said triangular insert.

MAE HERNANDEZ; 

